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| | Tacloban, Philippines, Pictures |
 | | Tacloban, city, central Philippines, northeastern Leyte Island, capital of Leyte Province, on San Pedro Bay. |
 | | It is the site of the Divine Word University of Tacloban (1929) and Leyte Institute of Technology (1965). |
 | | During World War II, the Japanese occupied Tacloban in 1942, and in October 1944, United States troops landed here in the campaign that liberated the Philippines from the Japanese. |
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